- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.4 Timber. Pererea breaks through the bat-pad gap. Two deliveries earlier this over had held their line. That perhaps is the reason why Hafeez pushed away from the body. The ball was short of a length, and seamed in this time. Beats the inside edge of the bat, and kisses the pad on the way to the top of off 35/115.6 Perera has struck in his eight over too. Close to the stumps, pitches just in front of leg, and there is no angle on it for it to miss the off stump. Taufeeq plays down the wrong line by at least 7-8 inches. Pretty poor shot. And he has a guilty look on his face as soon as the ball hits his pad in front of middle and leg. Simon Taufel judges it right, and raises the finger 56/49.5 an unsettled Azhar has fallen. After two deliveries that seamed either way, Perera floats one sucker delivery full and wide. Azhar goes after it, but his feet are stuck. Playing too far away for the body, he edges this at a comfortable height to gully. Perera vindicating the faith shown in him 41/212.6 a duck farm here. Second duck for Pakistan. Lovely follow-up delivery from Kula after that big inducker. This one holds its line, and Younis pushes at it away from his body. The edge is soft, and PJ is alert to it, moving forward and fast to pluck this one 50/349.4 Perera's golden touch continues. Just when Sri Lanka were looking subdued, Misbah has an uncharacteristic concentration break. Walks down the wicket, Perera bowls short of a length and outside off. He has been leaving these for a while now, but follows this one, and edges it as the ball leaves him. That was too wide for a player of Misbah's class and patience 141/568.4 Herath strikes. This one has turned and bounced out of nowhere. On a length, in front of off, then kicking away. Beats the bat by a long way but seems to have gloved it. The top glove. But was it off the handle? I am yet to be convinced he gloved it. No bat for sure. Shafiq didn't walk. Steve Davis, though, didn't hesitate either. Watching replays it seems he did glove it 217/962.3 Oh Adnan, what have you done? He'd looked good so far, a seemingly harmless delivery from Herath, flighted on middle and Adnan made it a wicket-taking one, sweeping a touch too early and missed it altogether, it beat the swing of the bat to crash into the stumps, Pakistan are sliding again 198/757.4 accurate short ball, 134ks, towards his throat, Sami doesn't like it and tries to swat it away. All he manages is a lob to midwicket. Smart delivery for a tailender. Key was, it was slow enough to make him think he could pull it 175/667.5 he is admonishing himself right away. He has had a brain implosion. He was looking so good and solid until he slogged across the line of a straight delivery, and lost his stumps. He annoys he has done a bad bad thing 217/872.5 this is the real deal, though. Big sweep, misses by a long way, and is caught dead plumb. Wicket No. 150 for Herath 226/10Extras11 (lb 11)TOTAL226 all out (72.5 Overs, RR: 3.1, 310 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Mohammad Hafeez, 7.4 ov), 2-41 (Azhar Ali, 9.5 ov), 3-50 (Younis Khan, 12.6 ov), 4-56 (Taufeeq Umar, 15.6 ov), 5-141 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 49.4 ov), 5-162* (Adnan Akmal, retired not out ), 6-175 (Mohammad Sami, 57.4 ov), 7-198 (Adnan Akmal, 62.3 ov), 8-217 (Umar Gul, 67.5 ov), 9-217 (Asad Shafiq, 68.4 ov), 10-226 (Saeed Ajmal, 72.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB KMDN Kulasekara 16 4 44 2 2.75 0 0 NLTC Perera 18 5 63 4 3.50 0 0 AD Mathews 8 3 20 1 2.50 0 0 HMRKB Herath 18.5 6 40 3 2.12 0 0 CRD Fernando 12 1 48 0 4.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR69.2 bowled him! Played on! Ajmal pitches the offbreak just outside off and spins it away, Paranavitana tries to cut off the back foot but chops the ball into the ground and on to the stumps 204/67.3 he gets his man. Smart bowling. He shows he has not just the skill but the brain too. After getting balls to leave Chandimal from round the stumps, he gets one to go with the angle. Chandimal nowhere close it. Hit on the roll, on the crease, in front of middle and leg. Steve Davis takes his time before raising his finger. Clipping leg, I would say 14/17.6 never mind the lbw, this one has damaged the wood work. Sanga registers his first duck against Pakistan. This is a superb spell from Junaid. Similar delivery, but this time Sanga is stretching away from the body, and the ball squeezes in through the gap after pitching on a length, just outside off 14/214.4 Mohammad Sami, we have been expecting you. Whatmore smiling inside the players' gallery. Not for the first time he slips in the yorker from out of nowhere. MJ didn't want to play this over, and now he will have to wait for a full innings to play another. Yorker on middle and leg, past the inside edge, onto the toe. Mahela immediately turns his back towards the umpire, as if to suggest he is not bothered about the appeal. Nice try, says Simon Taufel before raising his finger 44/361.4 lbw! Ajmal pitches in line with off stump from round the wicket and spins the offbreak slightly into the right-hander, Samaraweera pushes forward to defend but plays down the wrong line. He is struck plumb in front 187/466.2 caught at gully! The delivery was short of a length and wide outside off, not one of Junaid's best, Mathews went after it, trying to cut. The ball flew quickly off the edge and Asad Shafiq held a sharp catch. Junaid's bowled so many awesome deliveries today but it's one of the more ordinary ones that gets a wicket. 200/580.1 he's struck first ball! Gul pitched just outside off stump and slanted it into the right-hander, Jayawardene moved slightly forward and across and played down the wrong line. The ball hit him on the pad in line with off and middle stump. Plumb 236/7100.2 he has his fifth! And he's bowled Perera with a fabulous delivery. He pitched it on a good length outside off and nipped it back into the left-hander from over the wicket. Perera moved forward to defend but left a gap between bat and pad. Junaid found it. 337/1098.1 he's struck first ball! And Taufeeq has held a catch, after the slip fielders have dropped plenty. Kulasekara drove loosely at one that pitched on a good length around off stump and shaped away, getting a thick edge to the make-shift keeper 320/899.6 that looks plumb lbw and the umpire thinks so too. Herath plonked his foot forward and was hit flush on the pad by one that went straight on from round the wicket . It would have hit middle stump 337/9Extras30 (b 16, lb 7, nb 1, w 6)TOTAL337 all out (100.2 Overs, RR: 3.35, 448 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Dinesh Chandimal, 7.3 ov), 2-14 (Kumar Sangakkara, 7.6 ov), 3-44 (Mahela Jayawardene, 14.4 ov), 4-187 (Thilan Samaraweera, 61.4 ov), 5-200 (Angelo Mathews, 66.2 ov), 6-204 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 69.2 ov), 7-236 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 80.1 ov), 8-320 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 98.1 ov), 9-337 (Rangana Herath, 99.6 ov), 10-337 (Thisara Perera, 100.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Umar Gul 22 3 90 1 4.09 1 0 Junaid Khan 28.2 3 70 5 2.47 0 0 Mohammad Sami 17 1 69 1 4.05 1 0 Saeed Ajmal 25 5 66 3 2.64 0 0 Younis Khan 3 0 9 0 3.00 0 1 Mohammad Hafeez 5 0 10 0 2.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR35.3 and it is Dilhara who has broken through just before lunch, a wide and full delivery, angled away, there have been far better ones that have been played far better this morning, this time Hafeez throws his bat at it for a big drive, and a thick edge flies chest-high to the lone slip 110/22.2 he's been given lbw! Did that pitch in line with the stumps? It did not. Taufeeq is desperately unlucky to be given, and you have to feel for someone who's had to stand-in as wicketkeeper for 100 overs and then open the innings. The ball pitched outside leg stump on a good length and struck the pad as Taufeeq moved forward to play across the line. He missed and was hit flush on the pad. Simon Taufel was the umpire. 16/191.3 it is Dilhara who broke through in the morning, it is Dilhara who breaks through again, Azhar playing a slightly tired stroke, the lack of bounce doing him in as well, widish ball outside off, he goes for a cut, and edges it through low to the keeper, end of an outstanding innings, he came in at 16 for 1 last evening, Dilhara on 99 Test wickets 276/552.3 appeal for a catch at silly point, and given, Younis stepping out to defend, wasn't close to the pitch in the end as he stopped, the ball angled in, did not straighten, he was playing for it, seemed to be a thin inside edge onto left pad before it popped up, it was dying on Para who reacted superbly to lunge forward with his right hand and pluck it low, umpire Taufel checks with the square leg umpire whether it carried or not, and they are satisfied it did 158/356.1 Misbah's positivity gets him, he was looking for runs right since he came in, Herath tosses it in full from wide of the crease, Misbah makes some room and leans out to push it down the ground from middle, but manages an edge that flies to slip, Herath is pumped, he's turned this game around with two huge wickets 176/493.3 that is 100 Test wickets for Dilhara, he went for it, he went for the full delivery on the stumps after those short balls, Sami caught on the crease, misses the work on the leg side, hit in front of leg stump, and the angle looked to be taking the ball past it, umpire Davis did not think so though, oh yes, on replays, it appears to be going clearly down leg 280/694.6 that looked gone, and umpire Taufel gives it, Sri Lanka wrapping it up quickly now, angled in from wide of the crease, Gul pressed the front pad forward and across for the defensive push, playing for the straightening, it never happened, the ball carried in with the angle, and struck him in front of middle and off, no doubt about this one 281/7100.3 Herath needs one ball to strike, and Ajmal has been given by umpire Taufel, tossed up, Ajmal on the forward push, pushing way outside the line in the end, hoping for a lot of turn, the ball had just started to straighten a bit after being angled in, he is struck near the knee roll, in front of middle, not much doubt 299/8Extras21 (b 6, lb 8, w 7)TOTAL380/8d (128.4 Overs, RR: 2.95, 538 minutes)Did not bat: Junaid KhanFall of wickets: 1-16 (Taufeeq Umar, 2.2 ov), 2-110 (Mohammad Hafeez, 35.3 ov), 3-158 (Younis Khan, 52.3 ov), 4-176 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 56.1 ov), 5-276 (Azhar Ali, 91.3 ov), 6-280 (Mohammad Sami, 93.3 ov), 7-281 (Umar Gul, 94.6 ov), 8-299 (Saeed Ajmal, 100.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB KMDN Kulasekara 28 9 65 1 2.32 1 0 NLTC Perera 25 2 88 0 3.52 1 0 HMRKB Herath 39.4 4 99 4 2.49 0 0 CRD Fernando 23 1 74 3 3.21 1 0 AD Mathews 12 0 38 0 3.16 0 0 TT Samaraweera 1 0 2 0 2.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.2 so what does Para do? He gives Pakistan a second chance, a tougher one, and Younis Khan shows how it's done at second slip, not a drive from Para, he came forward and looked to defend one straightening outside off stump, the ball flew low to YK's right, he reacted sharply and swallowed it with both hands 44/137.2 Chandimal gives it away just before tea, he had hit a similar delivery for four over extra cover the previous over, he charges out again, but can only get it as far as mid off, who tumbles forward to take a sharp low catch 132/247.4 Mahela is walking, after making 11 off 43, he tries a scoop from leg stump to a flat offspinner, but ends up hitting it tamely in the air for short fine to come around to his right and settle under it 150/355.1 deceived by the doosra, he's had a problem with this delivery throughout the series, lands full on middle and off and Samaraweere plays for the turn into him, it goes the other way and crashes into the stumps, this spices things up 178/4Extras12 (b 2, lb 10)TOTAL195/4 (62 Overs, RR: 3.14, 257 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Tharanga Paranavitana, 10.2 ov), 2-132 (Dinesh Chandimal, 37.2 ov), 3-150 (Mahela Jayawardene, 47.4 ov), 4-178 (Thilan Samaraweera, 55.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Umar Gul 9 2 43 0 4.77 0 0 Junaid Khan 10 0 45 1 4.50 0 0 Mohammad Hafeez 9 1 22 0 2.44 0 0 Saeed Ajmal 26 8 50 3 1.92 0 0 Mohammad Sami 8 0 23 0 2.87 0 0
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- Sun, 8 Jul - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 44/3 (NT Paranavitana 13*, 14.4 ov)
- Mon, 9 Jul - day 2 - no play
- Tue, 10 Jul - day 3 - Pakistan 2nd innings 27/1 (Mohammad Hafeez 8*, Azhar Ali 6*, 6 ov)
- Wed, 11 Jul - day 4 - Pakistan 2nd innings 299/8 (Asad Shafiq 55*, Adnan Akmal 0*, 104 ov)
- Thu, 12 Jul - day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 195/4 (62 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Pakistan: 300 runs in 104.1 overs (625 balls), Extras 20
- Drinks: Pakistan - 343/8 in 122.0 overs (Asad Shafiq 77, Adnan Akmal 21)
- Pakistan: 350 runs in 122.3 overs (735 balls), Extras 21
- 9th Wicket: 50 runs in 132 balls (Asad Shafiq 27, Adnan Akmal 25, Ex 1)
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 380/8 in 128.4 overs (Asad Shafiq 100, Adnan Akmal 35)
- Asad Shafiq: 100 off 195 balls (9 x 4)
- Sri Lanka 2nd innings
- Taufeeq Umar kept wicket from start of Sri Lanka 2nd innings
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 27/0 in 5.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 9, LD Chandimal 14)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 10.6 overs (66 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 89/1 in 24.0 overs (LD Chandimal 45, KC Sangakkara 18)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 86 balls (LD Chandimal 28, KC Sangakkara 18, Ex 4)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 27.4 overs (166 balls), Extras 10
- LD Chandimal: 50 off 86 balls (7 x 4)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 132/2 in 37.2 overs (KC Sangakkara 35)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 47.3 overs (285 balls), Extras 11
- KC Sangakkara: 50 off 86 balls (7 x 4)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 178/4 in 55.1 overs (KC Sangakkara 59)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 13.6 overs (84 balls), Extras 9
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 116 balls (Mohammad Hafeez 25, Azhar Ali 27, Ex 0)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 78/1 in 24.0 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 35, Azhar Ali 30)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 31.6 overs (192 balls), Extras 13
- Mohammad Hafeez: 50 off 93 balls (6 x 4)
- Lunch: Pakistan - 119/2 in 38.0 overs (Azhar Ali 48, Younis Khan 2)
- Azhar Ali: 50 off 119 balls (3 x 4)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 49.3 overs (297 balls), Extras 14
- Drinks: Pakistan - 158/3 in 52.3 overs (Azhar Ali 69)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 67.6 overs (408 balls), Extras 17
- Tea: Pakistan - 210/4 in 70.0 overs (Azhar Ali 97, Asad Shafiq 16)
- Azhar Ali: 100 off 214 balls (9 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 116 balls (Azhar Ali 21, Asad Shafiq 27, Ex 2)
- New Ball Taken: Pakistan 237/4 after 80.1 overs (Azhar Ali 109, Asad Shafiq 31)
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 84.1 overs (505 balls), Extras 20
- Drinks: Pakistan - 254/4 in 86.0 overs (Azhar Ali 120, Asad Shafiq 34)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 205 balls (Azhar Ali 55, Asad Shafiq 40, Ex 5)
- Asad Shafiq: 50 off 112 balls (5 x 4)
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 299/8 in 104.0 overs (Asad Shafiq 55, Adnan Akmal 0)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 18.1 overs (109 balls), Extras 12
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 91/3 in 30.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 35, TT Samaraweera 18)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 95 balls (NT Paranavitana 22, TT Samaraweera 22, Ex 7)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 32.2 overs (194 balls), Extras 18
- NT Paranavitana: 50 off 104 balls (6 x 4)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 142/3 in 44.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 52, TT Samaraweera 45)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 179 balls (NT Paranavitana 39, TT Samaraweera 49, Ex 14)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 46.2 overs (279 balls), Extras 25
- TT Samaraweera: 50 off 110 balls (8 x 4)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 181/3 in 59.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 67, TT Samaraweera 69)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 181/3 in 59.0 overs (NT Paranavitana 67, TT Samaraweera 69)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 64.5 overs (390 balls), Extras 26
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 220/6 in 75.0 overs (HAPW Jayawardene 11, NLTC Perera 4)
- New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 236/6 after 80.1 overs (HAPW Jayawardene 20, NLTC Perera 11)
- New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 236/7 after 80.3 overs (NLTC Perera 11, KMDN Kulasekara 0)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 82.6 overs (499 balls), Extras 28
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 52 balls (NLTC Perera 34, KMDN Kulasekara 18, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 292/7 in 90.0 overs (NLTC Perera 47, KMDN Kulasekara 19)
- Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 92.1 overs (554 balls), Extras 29
- NLTC Perera: 50 off 64 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 337/10 in 100.2 overs (CRD Fernando 0)
- Pakistan 2nd innings
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 27/1 in 6.0 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 8, Azhar Ali 6)
- Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 44/3 in 14.4 overs (NT Paranavitana 13)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 44/3 in 14.4 overs (NT Paranavitana 13)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 44/3 in 14.4 overs (NT Paranavitana 13)
- Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 44/3 in 14.4 overs (NT Paranavitana 13)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 44/3 in 14.4 overs (NT Paranavitana 13)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 44/3 in 14.4 overs (NT Paranavitana 13)
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 44/3 in 14.4 overs (NT Paranavitana 13)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 44/3 in 14.4 overs (NT Paranavitana 13)
- Pakistan 1st innings
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 12.4 overs (76 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: Pakistan - 50/3 in 13.0 overs (Taufeeq Umar 24)
- Lunch: Pakistan - 81/4 in 30.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 10, Asad Shafiq 12)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 37.2 overs (224 balls), Extras 8
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 142 balls (Misbah-ul-Haq 19, Asad Shafiq 27, Ex 4)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 119/4 in 44.0 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 28, Asad Shafiq 32)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 51.2 overs (308 balls), Extras 9
- Asad Shafiq: 50 off 122 balls (7 x 4)
- Tea: Pakistan - 172/5 in 55.0 overs (Asad Shafiq 54, Mohammad Sami 8)
- Adnan Akmal (1) retired hurt on 10* from 162/5 (52.5 ov) to 175/6 (57.4 ov)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 62.5 overs (377 balls), Extras 11
- Drinks: Pakistan - 217/9 in 68.4 overs (Saeed Ajmal 0)
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 226/10 in 72.5 overs (Junaid Khan 3)
- Sri Lanka 1st innings
- Taufeeq Umar kept wicket from start of Sri Lanka 1st innings
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 44/3 in 14.4 overs (NT Paranavitana 13)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsDidn't want to jeopardise our hard work
Mahela Jayawardene on why Sri Lanka decided to settle for a draw in Pallekele, and the factors that helped his side beat Pakistan
Misbah encouraged by youngsters' show
The batting of Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq, the gutsiness of Adnan Akmal and the swing of Junaid Khan in the series pleased the Pakistan captain
Draw takes shine off Sri Lanka victory
Mahela Jayawardene made sure he achieved that elusive Test series win for Sri Lanka, but critics will always argue that the hosts should have finished better
Adnan Akmal beats the pain
Plays of the Day from the fifth day of the third Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Pallekele
'It's fairly even, but we are slightly ahead' - Ford
Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford said that the home team will need to "work hard" on the fifth day, as the Test is evenly poised at the end of the fourth